“He Attacked Me”: Cop Lies After Executing Dog On Video, Laughs About It

Video has emerged showing a Nevada police officer fatally shoot a dog before lying to the animal’s owner by telling him it “attacked” him.

According to police, Nye County Sheriff’s Deputy John Tolle responded to the Pahrump home of Gary Miller on April 10 after his security company reported multiple panic alarms at the residence. Miller, a world-record holding power lifter and certified firefighter, had sat on his keys setting off the alarms. After realizing his mistake, Miller called his security company to tell them what happened.

That didn’t matter however. Tolle still responded to the home despite the fact that a Pahrump Central Security employee called the Nye County Sheriff’s Office and updated a dispatcher about the situation. In footage recorded by Tolle’s body camera the Deputy can be heard disrespecting motorists as he makes his way to Miller’s home.

After arriving at Miller’s residence, Tolle did not follow appropriate department procedure and entered Miller’s fenced in yard without first seeing if there was an animal in the area.

“Generally what we’ll do is bang on the gate or make some kind of noise to see if there’s a dog on the property,” Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said. “But because of this type of call, that didn’t happen.”

The body-cam footage showed Tolle approach Miller’s front door as Miller’s pit bull Blu barked in the background. After Tolle knocked on the door, Blu rounded the corner of the home and ran toward the Deputy.

“Don’t do it doggy. Don’t be vicious. Stop it,” Tolle said before fatally shooting at the animal, first firing from approximately 20 feet away.

Blu was seen on the footage falling off of a concrete porch into the weeds before Miller answered the door angrily and asked, “Did you shoot my dog?”

“Jesus Christ,” Miller said. “I’m walking to the door and he shoots my damn dog. Why didn’t you stand at the gate? I would have came out to you. That’s the most pleasant dog you could imagine.”

Watch the raw footage:

On the full length body camera video Tolle was heard laughing about the shooting with another officer.

“Maybe Ill get time off now,” he stated. “This is why I cant deal with dog lovers. . . It is what it is.”

According to Miller, Blu had been in his family for almost six years after they first rescued him as a puppy.

“I look for him every morning when I walk out,” Miller said. “If the dog’s wagging his tail, even if he’s barking and growling, he’s no threat. My dog was still wagging his tail when he was laying on the ground bleeding to death.”

In a press release sent out by Nye County Sheriff’s Office, police officials maintained that Blu “charged the deputy, attempted to attack him,” was an “aggressive animal” and posed an “evolving threat.”

The body-cam footage clearly showed that is not what occurred however and Sheriff Wehrly has now launched an internal investigation to review Tolle’s actions.

“That was completely unjustified! He’s running up to see what’s going on. It’s his property. That’s his property! said Gina Greisen with Nevada Voters for Animals. “But he’s not even doing it in an aggressive running manner. He’s jogging up to the front. I’m horrified by this video!”

“Blame the victim!” Greisen added. “We’re sick and tired of it! The public is tired of it! Whether it’s a person or an animal, stop blaming the victim and stop circling the wagons! The public wants the truth!”

These fucking pussies, and to think that there are still assholes out there who think these fucking cowards are heroes. FTP, all of them.

tracy Smith

White folks think the police are hero’s even after they kill or beat up a pet or family member of there’s.

Reue Will

White folks huh, shows your ignorance…

tracy Smith

So saying white folks make you ignorant then what does a race (white) calling another race of people n*ggers for over 400 years make you then?

What A Coward

what a coward. for god sakes officer, kick the dog, you dont have to kill it.

tracy Smith

Why kick it the dog was in his yard.You sound just as nutty as the pig.

Algernon Benway

This scum sucking sociopathic lying COWARD needs to be put down. Euthanized since he is obviously a threat to the community. No trial. no pigsucking union. Just two in the dome and a long drive out into the desert. Done and done.

Elaine Baker

HOPE HE GETS JAIL TIME

tracy Smith

No he won’t because he’ll get an all white jury and white folks never convict cops.

Tracy Smith Sucks

You’ve got a problem. Can’t we just agree that this was a terrible person and not bring race into it at all? People like you are part of the problem.

tracy Smith

Your mama sucks No f a g g o t we can’t agree because that’s what younwhite folks have been doing for years judging people by their skin color so deal with it punk .

Reue Will

So you choose to do the same and thus remain ignorant. Good logic you have sir.

Lisa Welton

How is it okay for you to use the discriminatory term for a homosexual person, but not for someone to call another person n*gger? You are participating in the same bias as you are preaching against! And you seem to not realize that “white folks” were judged and kept as slaves too. Either all discriminatory words are okay, or none of them are. You don’t get to pick and choose.

tracy Smith

Because homosexuality is a choice you make after all you can go back to being what you was born as and all the gay insults against you would stop.A person change their race though so your point is not the same as mines.

66

Cowards and liars protecting and serving in uniform , this rent a cop should be terminated under the terms of duma$$ .